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A French driver hired by the startup transportation company Uber was fired in Paris over the weekend for allegedly refusing to pick up two men because they are gay, the French news site The Local reports.

The incident happened Saturday night when two men ordered a car from the ride-sharing service and mobile app Uber. According to The Local, when the driver arrived to pick up the men, he asked them a few questions, trying to figure out if they had come from a gay club.

When he learned that they did come from a gay club, he refused to give them a lift.

"I don’t take gays," he allegedly said, according to the French daily newspaper Le Parisien, before driving off.

The men still needed a ride home and called Uber again for another car. Surprisingly, the same driver showed but this time, the men took a photo of the driver’s license plate, which sparked him to shout at the men.

"Come here, I’m going to break your phone," he allegedly said. "Come on, get in gays, I’ll take you home," the driver allegedly added before leaving.